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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






2. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






3. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






4. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






5. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






6. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






7. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






8. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






9. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






10. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






11. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






12. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






13. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






14. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






15. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






16. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






17. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






18. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






19. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






20. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






21. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






22. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






23. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






24. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






25. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






26. Budgeted cost of work performed






27. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






28. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






29. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






30. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






31. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






32. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






33. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






34. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






35. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






36. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






37. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






38. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






39. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






40. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






41. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






42. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






43. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






44. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






45. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






46. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






47. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






48. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






49. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






50. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization